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minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 个月前“Wait you all started with base 60 and left it? It took us millenia to realize that it was the best choice, and once we did we never looked back”
minus-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 个月前I think 840 is a better base number. It has 32 factors which is itself a power of 2. That is a highly versatile counting system if you ask me. But you didn’t so I apologize for asserting so.
“Wait you all started with base 60 and left it? It took us millenia to realize that it was the best choice, and once we did we never looked back”
I think 840 is a better base number. It has 32 factors which is itself a power of 2. That is a highly versatile counting system if you ask me. But you didn’t so I apologize for asserting so.